At 1:10 a.m., Eskasoni RCMP received a call about an armed robbery at a local business that was closing for the night.

Further investigation revealed that a female employee was leaving the business when she was assaulted by a man using an unknown object. The suspect fled on foot and, a short time later, he was located in the community and arrested.

He was later charged with armed robbery and is set to appear in Sydney provincial court today.

The woman assaulted in the robbery sustained serious but non-life threatening injuries and was treated in hospital.